Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-05-20
A Strange Suicide.

and threaten TO lyDcn the Ola Drute.
A Strange Suicide.
Last Sunday morning Mrs. Mar
gareth Oertel, widow of Christian
Gottlieb o Oertel, ate her breakfast as
usual at the Concordia Orphans
Home in Jefferson twp, on the road
between Delano Station and Han
nahstown. She was apparently in
her usual health and spirits, but at
dinner time SIZE was not in her usual
place and search revealed her body
hanging by a rope to a rafter in the
garret of her house near the Home.
She was about 10 years of age and
had large some of money at interest
Christian Gottlieb Oertel came to
this country from Germany about so
years ago and married daughter of
old George Duerr. He had
money and purchased land near Han
nahstown, and lived upon it to his
death, March 80, 1880, They had
no children, and by his will, dated
March %, 1880, he left his wife
everything he possessed, to do with
as she saw fit.
On the 4th of December 1882, Mrs.
Oertel decided the tract of 80 acres that
Mr.. Oertel had obtained from j. F.
Haesler in 1S45, and the tract of l3
acres that be purchased from Chas.
Warnet in 184f, to Revs Frederick
Wilhelm, Peter Brand and Kilian
Walz, in trust for q Home. for or
phan children and aged men and wo-
men, to be under the direction of the
Evangelical Lutheran Concordia
Synod of Pennsylvania, reserving
the right to occupy her dwelling on
the premises.
The Home was built, and Mrs. y.
has lately been living in her house
and taking her meals at the Home.
She had money and it is reported that
an undue desire to get hold of it on
the part of certain parties, has led to
her taking her life, and the whole
business may be investigated in
Court.
Since the above was put in type
Coroner Caldwell informs US that he
held an inquest last Tuesday and
found the simple facts regarding her
death and took a receipt from the
Trustees of the Home for her personal
property, they claiming that Mrs. o.
had made will last March leaving
the Home everything.
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